How many years of Chinese civilization? Who is better than ancient Egypt?

How many years of Chinese civilization?

To know how old Chinese civilization is, we must first understand two concepts. What is civilization? When did Chinese civilization begin?

What is civilization?

Civilization refers to the state that human beings have escaped from ignorance and entered a new order in the long process of evolution. Scholars have given the standard of civilization:

1、 ? As a symbol of distinguishing tribes, a city with more than 5000 people should be established.

2、 ? As the carrier of civilization, there must be words.

3、 ? As the embodiment of scientific and technological civilization, there should be buildings that serve politics and religion.

Where did Chinese civilization begin? ?

It should be noted that Chinese civilization and China civilization are two concepts. Then what is Chinese civilization?

Chinese civilization, also known as Chinese civilization. It can be understood as a flower in full bloom in summer. Extend to the beauty of big etiquette and service chapters. The origin of Chinese civilization should start from the union of Yanhuang tribes.

Western textual research is from 3600 to the present. If we start from the Shang Dynasty, Chinese civilization has a history of only over 3,600 years, because the Shang Dynasty was founded in 1600 BC. Historians in Europe and America generally believe that Chinese civilization has a history of only over 3,600 years.

China traditionally thinks it's five thousand years. The Xia Dynasty was founded more than 4000 years ago.

According to the latest research, Hongshan civilization 8000 years ago is the origin of Chinese civilization.

Liangzhu culture, which has been successfully applied for heritage recently, is 5,300 years ago, which strongly proves that the history of Chinese civilization in 5,000 years is correct. Therefore, Chinese civilization should have a history of at least 5000 years.

Who is better?

China has four ancient civilizations: ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, ancient India and China. It seems that comparing China with the other three civilizations can enhance the status of China. But personally, there is no comparability between civilizations.

The word "ancient" should be added to the first three, because it has disappeared. Only China continues. This is self-evident. If we have to analyze from the details, "Who is more powerful, ancient Egyptian civilization or China civilization?" That can only be said from the following aspects:

In ancient times, ancient Egypt was earlier than China's civilization 1000 years.

In terms of duration, it is the only one in the world without branches. Ancient Egyptian civilization has disappeared, while Chinese civilization has existed since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors.

On the spread and influence, the ancient Egyptian civilization was confined to the Middle East and was absorbed by later Arabia, which became one of the sources of Arab civilization. China's civilization is limited to East Asia, but because it exists today, the influence of developing Chinese civilization in the future will be even greater.

Civilization standard: architecture, writing, city.

The Egyptian pyramids stand on the banks of the Nile, but the construction method of the pyramids has long been lost. Ancient Egyptian characters are the earliest hieroglyphics, which were not only used by people, but also the meaning of language was later deciphered by experts and became extinct languages. What about the city? After the Arab invasion, the shadow of the ancient Egyptian city disappeared and the people living in the city became Arabs.

Chinese civilization, whether in writing, language or way of life, lasted from Yanhuang to Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and then from Qin Emperor Hanwu to Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Since the spread of Chinese civilization, the main body of Chinese civilization has not changed, although it has been absorbed by foreign civilizations in past dynasties. Since Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Chinese characters have experienced the evolution of inscriptions on bronze, seal script, official script, regular script, traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters, and the language has experienced the evolution of elegant characters, mandarin and mandarin, all of which have developed along the main line of Chinese civilization.

In short, other ancient civilizations were dug up by archaeologists before people knew it. Chinese civilization, on the other hand, has been passed down from generation to generation, and the language has been passed down from mouth to mouth. It is a living and complete civilization that has never been interrupted.

Conclusion: Chinese civilization is far superior to ancient Egyptian civilization.